Folding cradle.



W. G. OLDENDORF.

-FOLDING CRADLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. I3. 1915. 1,189,863. I PatentedJuly 4,1916.

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W. G. OLDENDORF.

FOLDING CRADLE.

APPLICATION man Nov.1a. 1915.

1 ,l 89,863. Patented July 4, 1916.

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WALTER OLDENDORF, OF ETNA, IP:FINNSYLV'ANIA.V

FOLDING CRADLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 13, 1915. Serial No. 61,246.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WALTER G. OLDEN- DoRr, acitizen of the United States, resident of Etna, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Folding Cradles; andI do hereby declare the` following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a combined cabinet and folding cradle.

One object of my invention is to provide a sectional cradle, the partsof which may be folded in a compact manner to facilitate their beinginclosed within a cabinet.

A further object of my invention is to provide a construction whereby acradle of greater length may be used than would be practical by anyprevailing constructioin, in a cabinet of any given height.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation, partly insection, showing my improved folding cradle in operative position inconnection with a cabinet. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 isa view similar to Fig. 2, showing certain Vparts of the cradle folded.Fig. 4 is a plan view, the casing being shown in section. Fig. 5 isafront elevation of the cabinet, the parts of the cradle being foldedwithin cabinet. Fig. 6 is a view, in section, on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Reference numerals in the following specications refer to like partsinthe drawings in which a cabinet 10 is shown having a door 11 pivotallyhinged at 11 to the sides of the cabinet. To the upper end ofthe door11, on the inner side thereof, hinges 12 are secured on which the legs12 arecarried and swing into the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, tosupport the upper end of the door 11 level with the opposite end whensaid door is in the position shown in Fig. 1, and into the positionshown in Fig. 6 when the cradle is inclosed in the cabinet. Suitablysecured onthe inner side of said door are bearings 13 which areseparated so as to leave a spa-ce as at 13 between said bearings. A pin14 is supported upon each pair of said bearings. A bottom section 15 ofa cradle, formed of slats 15', which are secured to'the transversestrips 15 is supported upon the pins 14 by the end slats of said bottomsection 15, being mounted on said pins and between bearings. Endsections 16 are arranged on the opposite ends Patented July 4,1916.

of the bottom section, and arms 17 have one end secured at 17 to the endsections, the other end of the arms being pivotally secured at 17" tothe strips 15, whereby the said end sections may be folded over thebottom section, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. Side sections 18, 19, arearranged on opposite sides of the bottom section to form the sides ofthe cradle. Arms 20 have one end secured to the ends of the sidesections, the other ends of said arms being pivotally secured to theends of the strips 15. The length of the end sections 16 is shortervthan the space between the side sections, the purpose of which is toavoid having the end sections so long that their extremities would, whenthey are in folded position (Fig. 3), prevent the movement of the sidesections, 18, 19, on the arms 20 to the folded position shown in Fig. 3.

Fixedly secured to the ends of the side section 18 and at right anglesthereto, are blocks 21 (Figs. 2 and 3), and suitably hinged to the sidesection 19 are blocks 22, said blocks serving, when the end and sidesections are upright, to complete the ends of the cradle (Figs. 2 and 4)in which position small hooks 23` carried by the end sections areengaged in the eyes 24 to sustain the parts.

With the parts arranged and ready forA use, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,the cradle may be rocked on the pins 14. Small coil springs 25 aresuitably secured to the eX- tremities of the end slats of the bottomsection 15 and to the door 11 at an angle suciently oblique, relative tothe cradle, to cause any movement of the cradle in the direction of thecabinet to tend to compress the springs and to prevent movement of thecradle on the pins 14 in the direction of the cabinet, while the cradleis being rocked, by reason of the resistance of the springs. Stops 26(Fig. 1) having a small arm 26 and fulcrumed as at 27, are suitablysecured to the door 11, one und-er each side of the cradle, so that byfoot pressure, if desired, upon the arms 26', the stops 26 may be causedto frictionally engage one of the slats 15 to prevent the cradle fromrocking, a reverse movement of the arm disengaging the stops which thenoccupies the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. When it isdesired to inclose the cradle within the cabinet the same may be done byunfastening the hooks 23, then folding the end sections down over thebottom section (Fig. 3). rThe side section 18 is folded over the endsections, the blocks 22` are then turned on their hinges from the rightangled position relative to the side section 19 to a position betweenthe rungs 16 of said side section, so that said blocks do not interferewith the side sections, and the section 19 may be then folded upon thesection 18 as shown in Fig. 3. The length. of the cradle will not permitit to be passed into the cabinet in the position it occupies on the pinsla (Fig. 1), and therefore the folded parts and the bottom section areadvanced toward the cabinet by moving the bottom section in thatdirection on the pins 14. The legs 12 may then be turned onto the innerside of the door and the latter closed to inclose the cradle within thecabinet as shown in Fig. 6.

The provision for the movement of the cradle is shown in the drawingsonly on a small scale, but it will be apparent that the same may beaffected to a much greater eX- tent than is herein illustrated and allowof a material advantage in the length of cradle used in connection withaicabinet.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. In a folding cradle, abottom, oppositely disposed. side sectionsarranged lengthwise on said bottom, arms secured to said side sectionsand pivotally connected to said bottom, end sections, arms secured tosaid end sections and pivotally secured to said bottom, said endsections being shorter in length than the space intervening between saidsides so as to permit the side sections to be folded on said endsectionswhen the latter are folded on said bottom, blocks lixedlyattached at each end of one of said side sections and at` right anglesthereto, blocks suitably hinged to each end of the opposite sidesection, said blocks being for the purpose of serving jointly with thesaid end sections to forni the ends of the cradle when said end sectionsare not folded, said hinged blocks being for the purpose of permittingthe same to be swung out of a right` angled position, relative to theside section, to which they are attached, so that the latter may befolded in closer relation upon the other side section.

2. ln combination with an inclosure, a door hinged to said inclosure soas to be horizontally disposed when open, bearings spaced apart andsecured on the interior side of the door of said inclosure and adjacentto the ends thereof, pins carried on said bearings, a folding cradlemounted upon said pins so as to be horizontally movable thereon betweensaid bearings, springs secured to said door and to the bottom of saidcradle to resist any horizontal movement of the cradle in the directionof the inclosure while said cradle is being operated.

3. In a folding cradle, a bottom, oppositely disposed side sectionsarranged lengthwise on said bottom., arms secured to said side sectionsand pivotally connected to said bottom, end sections, arms secured tosaid end sections and pivotally secured to said bottom, said endsections being shorterin length than the space intervening between saidsides, blocks operatively secured to one of said side sections, one ateach end thereof, for the purpose of arranging said bloclrs at rightangles to said side section when the parts of the cradle are unfolded,and of turning said blocks out of said right angle position for thepurpose ofcallowing said side section to be folded on the oppositelydisposed side section. Y

t. In combination with an inclosure, a door hinged to said inclosure soas to be horizontally disposed when open, a folding cradle carried onthe door of said. inclosure, bearings spaced apart and secured to saiddoor, pins carried horizontally upon said. bearings, said cradle beingmounted upon said pins So as to be horizontally movable thereon betweensaid bearings for the purpose of permitting said cradle to enter theinclosure with the movement of the door of said inclosure. A

In testimony whereof, the said WALTER G. OLDnNDonF, have hereunto set myhand.

VALTER G. GLBENDORF. lVitnesses:

J. L.. TREFALLER, J r., E. A. Pownn.

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